The College News
Volume III. No. 27
BRYN MAWR, PA., MAY, 16, 1917
Price 5 Cents
FRESHMAN DANCING MOST
ARTISTIC OF FESTIVAL
Exposition Lighting Floods Cloisters
$135 FOR ENDOWMENT FUND
The exquisite grace and precision of H.
Zinsser '20 in her Egyptian dance was the
most artistic achievement of the cloister
festival given by Miss Kirk's 5.30 dancing
classes last Friday evening. Flood light-
ing, the latest form of exterior lighting,
first used at the San Francisco Exposi-
tion, illuminated the cloisters. At the
end, the powerful rays were turned on the
flag flying from the Library tower while
performers and spectators sang the "Star
Spangled Banner". $135 was taken in
for the Endowment Fund.
More conventional than the Egyptian
dance, composed and executed by H.
Zinsser and Z. Boynton '20. were the
"Pipes o' Pan", the two solos by L. Chase
"17, and the "Blue Danube" and Scarf
Dance of A. Preston ex-T4, a graduate of
the Newman School of Dancing in Phila-
delphia and now Physical Director of
Temple University. The incense from the
lamp of the Egyptian votary. H. Zinsser.
gave a distinctive touch to the freshmen's
dance. Miss Zinsser's dancing was as
light and spontaneous as it was at Fresh-
man Show.
Folk-dancing was represented m the
sophomore jigs and in the "Merry Mak-
ers" and Irish dance of the Model School
children. The Rose and Storm ballet, in
which L. Chase '17 danced the "Spirit of
Spring", brought the festival to a close.
The flood lighting units, arranged in
the cloister by Dr. Ferree and Miss Rand,
were loaned to the Psychology Depart-
ment by the National X-Ray Reflector
Company of Chicago. Flood lighting is
used to Illumine the Statue of Liberty and
the Singer Building in New York, the
Philadelphia City Hall, and the Sheeps-
head Bay race-track for night racing.
GABRILOWITSCH DUE FRIDAY
HALF HOLIDAY GRANTED
TO SEE FRENCH ENVOYS
College Contingent Arrives Late
College closed at eleven o'clock last
Wednesday and a runner from the Office
announced to those who had not already
cut their classes to see Joffre that by tak-
ing the next train they could reach Frank-
lin Field in time. Accordingly about a
hundred students in addition to Miss
Dimon, Miss Donnelly, and President
Thomas hurried in to West Philadelphia,
provided with tickets by the college, only
to find that Marechal Joffre, Vivlanl. the
"blue devil", and the entire French party
had just left.
The train bearing the hero of the
Marne to Philadelphia passed through
Bryn Mawr without stopping at 8.30 a. m.
Wednesday and the cheering crowd at the
station followed him on the 840. Stu-
dents on this train saw the envoys at City
Hall, at some point on Chestnut Street,
or in the dense crowd at Independence
Square, where the French party Halted
Independence Hall and the building of the
first Congress.
A banquet in the ballroom of the
Bellevue-Stratford completed the Phila-
delphia program and here in the crowded
balcony were found the more pan
of the Bryn Mawr contingent which had
failed to see Joffre at Franklin Field.
Their methods of gaining entrance varied
from muttering a few words In French
to the more strenuous use of force. The
en\o�s left for New York on the two
o'clock train.
RUSSIAN PIANIST TO PLAY FOR 1912
Gabrilowltach Not a Spy
Ossip Gabrilowitsch. the brilliant Bus-
slan pianist, has been secured by 1912 to
play in the Cloisters next Friday after-
noon at 4 p. in. for their Endowment
Fund. He is greatly Interested in the his-
toiical development of music ;iml will
pl.i> � program representing three differ-
ent periods, with numbers from Bach.
Chopin, and Tschaikowsky.
Mr. (iabrilowitsch is not a spy although
he has been a suspect. At the outbreak
of the war he and his wife (Clara Clem-
ens the contralto, a daughter of Mark
Twain) were arrested as spies and sent
out of Germany with the request not to
return until after the war.
Tickets may be obtained from Miss
Mary Peirce of Haverford; reserved
seats. $1.50; admission, $1.00. Members
of the college may secure reserved seats
at $1 and admission at $.50 from the
office of the business manager.
The program
1. Handtl.
Variations "Tlie HurmonloiiK Blacksmith"
l/'.ciuf ..................Turkish Marrlr
Baal ................Saratmnde K Minor
lUiih.
Gavotte H Minor (Arrnneed by Salnt-Saens)
1'. Schumann ...................Auacbwung
Warum
(In.inn .Rtude (i Minor. Op. 10. No. 12
vain* r Sharp Minor, Op. 64
Polonaise A Flat Major Op. 53
niazunotr ..............Gavotte D Major
l/<M*oir�M...........Etude (The Waves)
'link-',a -l. a ...............Humorenque
Ih null ...............If I Were a Bird
Uiilililmrlliirh .......Caprice�Burlesque
RED CLASS BREAKS SPELL
Seniors Roll Hoopi
ORGANIZER OF BASE HOSPITAL
SPEAKS TO-MORROW IN CHAPEL
Dr. J. Norman Henry, a director of
the Pennsylvania Hospital and the or-
ganizer of the Jefferson Base Hospital
No. 38, recently given to the Govern-
ment by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Gibson,
will speak in chapel to-morrow morn-
ing on the work of base hospitals and
particularly of nurses' aides. Dr.
Henry and Mrs. Gibson are anxious to
have Bryn Mawr students enroll as
aides to Hospital No. 38. B. Granger
'17 has already volunteered.
A base hospital is situated some
thirty or forty miles behind the firing
line and may or may not be under can-
vas. Buildings are occupied whenever
possible and tents when no buildings
are to be found.
SENIORS TO GIVE
ORIGINAL PLAYS
C. Wilcox and M. O'Shea Authors
Two original plays, written by members
of the class, will be staged next Satur-
day by 1917 Instead of the customary-
Senior Play. "On the Mantelpiece", a
fantasy by Constance Wilcox, anil "The
Hush Light", by Monica O'Shea, are the
plays, both written in Dr. Savage's Tech-
nique of the Drama. Helen Harris is
stage manager for 1917s last dramatic
production.
In the interests of the preparedness
work the plays are being given with
half the usual rehearsing, and worked up
at a minimum of expense.
1917 WINS IN FIRST TEAM FRAY
Overcoming the sinister omen of
1913s fate at the fourth oral. 1917 rolled
[their hoops on Saturday morning. Though
I it was the last red class that last failed
(he orals, the seven seniors of this year1
whose degrees were at stake all passed. '
K. Curtin passed German and failed i
rnncli. but Is coming back for one MB-
�ater next year and will have three more
chan<
Two seniors were called back three and
four times for German, and excitement
' mounted in the crowd waiting outside of
Taylor. At last, from a window of the ,
chapel. President Thomas announ
1917's success and congratulated the
class.
The seniors taking the oral were:
French. M. (line. H Zimmerman. F. Cur-
tin. Herman. K. Russell. G. McMillan. H.
Zimmerman. M. Worlev G. Malone. I.
' Diamond. F Curtin
Rally in Second Half Decides
Opening Match of Finals
A brilliant rally in the second half of
the first team match last Monday put the
opening game of the basket-ball finals
safely in the hands of 1917. The senior
first team has three straight victories to
its credit and unless the sophomores come
back hard to-morrow will win the chant'
pionship without a defeat.
On both teams the score mounted
evenly at first and the game was almost
a draw at the end of the first period: 1917.
12; 1919. 11. In the second half, how-
ever. 1917 showed its strength. C
Stevens' unerring aim and M. Thompson-
notable work at guard combined with su-
perior team play, increased the senior to-
tal by eight points. 1919 scored once on
a free throw and the game ended: 1917.
20; 1919. 12. Field goals decided the re-
suit as both teams scored exactly four
points on fouls.
Line-up:
1017 1�H�
P. Steven......___L. F M. Peacock"
I,. Brown"....... R. K (C.).B i.nnler�
It. MarrU.......... C........1. Pealiodv'
'\ Hall........... I. <: a. Thorndlko
fC i. M Thnmpmnn* R <� It. Catllnir
Subxtltnten 1017. M. Wlllard. for II. HarrW
Pool ' K>17. M Thompson, �'! out �t
.-.: I.. Browa, 1 out of 1 : f" RteveBS, none out
of �-�: 1010. M Peacock. 4 sol of �; I I-nnler.
imrw out of 4.
FIVE HUNDRED BED
BASE UNIT ISiGIFT
OF MRS. GIBSON
Roosevelt Offers to Enroll It
MAY TAKE AIDES FROM 1917
A live-hundred bed hospital unit, now
being organized for foreign service under
the name of the Jefferson Base Hospital.
No. 38, has been given to the American
Government by Mrs. Adeline Vepper Gib-
son, hearer at Bryn Mawr. and by her
brother, Mr. Henry C. Gibson. Mis Gib
son's project was put through by her
brother-in-law. Dr. J. Norman Henry, a
director of the Pennsylvania Hospital, to
whom the $.r>0,000 gift was entrusted
The twenty-five nurses' aides required
will be enrolled, it is hoped, largely from
the present senior class. ltryn Mawr
students. Mrs. Gibson is convinced, with
the preliminary training demanded, will'
do better war relief work than the profes
sional trained nurse. They will he :nou
adaptable, she believes, and quicker to
meet every situation. The qualifications
sary for a nurse's aide are the
course in Home Care of the Sick, now h.
ing given at Bryn Mawr In connection
with preparedness, and a six weeks'
course in surgical nursing which will be
given free this summer hy the Jefferson
Hospital In Philadelphia.
On account of the time aoedod for train-
ing neither nurses nor aides will sail till
the, end of the summer, hut the men will
go. as soon as they are called, it j mi
possible to foretell, wrote Dr. llem\ just
how soon there will be a call for this hos
pital to active service, but the equipment
is being rushed with the idea of being
ready to answer within the next lew
weeks.
Roosevelt Promises to Take Them
Colonel Roosevelt. If the clause In the
:>i in> bill is passed authorizing him to
command volunteer troops in France, has
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TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT
Two plays. ".Minuet" hy Louis N.
Parker, and "The I'ot <r Broth" by \v. H
Yeats, will be civen tonight at eight
o'clock at the Community 'enter F. \1
lison "19. C. Hayman 19, and I. William-
son '20, are responsible for the coaching,
and the Community i enter Dramatic club
for the acting Twenty five cants admis-
sion will be charged.
COLLEGE PRESIDENTS
EXCLUDE PREPAREDNESS
FROM DEGREE
Threefold Pledge Offered Bryn Mawr
The recent resolution of the presidents
of several women's college* in regard to
preparedness classes and the pledge of
physical preparedness proposed by
QouObOI were read by President Thomas
In chapel last Thursday morning The
account follows:
At a conference of President Peadlfl
ton of Wellesley. President KacCraaken
of Vassar, and President Woolley of Mt
Holyoke, in New Haven Saturday morn
ing. May 5, 1917. it was voted, first that
the degree of All. should continue to
mean what it does at present, and tha'
work in preparation for patriotic sen i<���
-hoiild be in the nature of extra i I
room activities, this action being taken in
the belief of the increasing \alt|e of the
trained mind in this cri-i*: second, that
proparodaeai work al present, inctudlni
the plans for the < oming autumn, he i.
BtliCted to the following lii hi
I RnilHOaa administration. Ini !
instruction in bookkeeping, ' typi
writing, and stenography. Mr \i
' racken repotted that information
i eoojM to him from a leadtoj
hanker that thei ,,p
portnnit> for VOOMS. in banking urn
MM hecau-e so nmiv of the men
now engaged In that businew* would
be drawn off for military aervlce